Category Archives: screwIT

I like to say, that I don’t own a company, but I mind my own business. With this being said let us talk (ok, let me write) about the “Entrepreneurial Mindset” or at least what I think of it. Be warned: this won’t be a rant about the “American Dream” (especially since this dream has… Continue reading »

I often tend to find non-standard analogies to the world of technology around me. Because it’s Easter time many people go into the holiday craze and frankly, also tend to go a bit insane. Extreme cases cover such behavior as fighting till first blood for cheese (I hope I’m just making this up) or working… Continue reading »

In my last post I outlined the process of switching from Basket Notepads and misc text files to one integrated solution for note-taking within Kolab. That was one of the least technical tasks, apart from using a diff front-end there was little tech savvy involved. This time I’m going to sum up the overall experience… Continue reading »

Since we’re done with files… Alright, milk? Check. Spam? Check. Eggs? Check. What was I supposed to buy as well? Am I missing something? Oh no! Aunt Tillie is coming today! Ever felt like that before? Tired after a whole day and need to buy some basic groceries and not be angry you forgot that… Continue reading »

File handling was always a topic, but it’s the cloud what made it even more prominent. Now everyone is crazy about sync and sharing even if they have no idea what it is and what exactly it buys them. I’ll be brief on the “migration” part in this episode since this requires the least setting… Continue reading »

Mail and contacts consist of my personal communications powerhouse and at first it was all I needed. But suddenly my needs stared growing: I was in the middle of migrating the two mentioned components when I noticed I’ve lost some events from my horizon and decided it was time for an upgrade. Imagine you have… Continue reading »

It’s been a while, but for good reason. After my openSUSE had bitten the dust I had to reanimate it. Cause? Rather embarrassing one: I managed to fill the whole main volume, namely: / (read: root). The system collapsed in effect and had to be installed from zero. I was rather visibly bummed out by this,… Continue reading »

During the years I had lots of encounters with WordPress, mostly good. But you won’t get to know it better until you have your own installation and need to push it. A special OPs page I decided to give my blog some love and add another page. This time it called for some custom CSS… Continue reading »

During the last episodes I went through the steps of migrating mail from Gmail to Kolab Now. I’m actually describing everything in a different order than it was done: the first thing I attacked and mostly succeed at were contacts. If you’re here just for the instructions on how to import contacts into Kolab Now… Continue reading »

In the last installment I described how to prepare and perform a mail migration from Gmail to Kolab. Now it’s time for some finishing touches. The Archive Kolab has a “proper” archive in the old fashioned sense: a separate folder where you put your mail. This contrasts with Gmails paradigm of a “stack” where archiving… Continue reading »